Improvement in fishing-llne reels



UrviTEn STATES PATENT EETCE@ VILLIAM M. STUART, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

llVIPROVEMENT IN FlSHlNG-LlNE REELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,663, dated August 29, 1865.

To all whom t may concern: turning loosely upon the sleeve shaft o, but Be it known that l, WILLIAM M. STUART, both interlocking with a common larger bevelof Newark, in the county of Essex and State gear wheel, s, at points diametrically opposite of New Jersey, have invented a new and Imto each other, turning in bearings of the barproved Gorddteeling Device; and I do hereby frame f', and having a crank-handle, t, outside declare that the following is a full, clear, and of thc casing a.. a is a sliding clutch moving exact description thereof, which will enable upon sleeve o, between the two gears rif", with others skilled in the art to make and use the each of which it is alternately thrown into consame, reference being had to the accompanynection, as will be presently described, by ining drawings, forming part ot' this speciticaterlocking its prongs o c with corresponding tion. prongs around the shafts it and o of the gears, The present invention relates more particuthe clutch having guiding-slots fw 1o, with setlarly to an arrangement of mechanical devices screws no m', which hold and retain it in conto be applied to the handle portion of a shneetion with the sleeve o, so that as it is rcing-pole for facilitating the reeling of the line; volved by either the gears r i" the sleeve will and it principally consists in imparting to the be correspondingly actuated, they both movspool or reel upon which the line is wound a ing as one in either case. reciprocating rectilinear movement while be- A is a reel or spool, on which the fishinging revolved, the reel and the operating deline or other cord to be reeled is wound, placed vices being inserted and moving within any loosely upon the sleeve-shaft o, over which it suitable outer casing ot the pole.

is made to move forward and backward by In accompanying plate of drawings my immeans of a screw-nut, y', in which the screwprovedcord-reelin g device is illustrated, Figsleeve turns, having a` radiating arm, e', movure l being a central.longitudinal section of ing upon the longitudinal sliding bar a of the the outer casing, showing the reel or spool and head and intermediate plates, g, g', and q, and mechanical devices used i'or operatingthesame; prongs b' b interlocking with the groove c Figs. 2, 3, and et, cross sections of the saine, around one end of the reel A, whereby the taken, respectively, in the planes of the lines screw-sleeve, asit is revolved by the gear fr or .t x, y y, and z @of Fig. l; and Fig. 5, a central r', according to which is in connection with longitudinal section ot' reeling devices. the clutch u, causes the screw-nut to move a a in the drawings represent an outer caseither in a forward or backward direction, as ing or box, made ot' a cylindrical shape and the case may be, carrying with it the reel of metal or any other desired material, secured through its prongs b b'. at one end to the larger endbof afishing-pole, c. The clutch is thrown alternately in connec- Withinthecasinga, and extendingfornearly tion with the gears r and r by means otthe its entire length, is a frame, d., consisting of projecting arm e of the traveling nut y', which, three longitudinal rods or bars, fff, secured as it moves along upon the bar a', before reat each end to and upon head or disk plates g ferred to, abuts against one of the shoulderg', this frame being iirmly set within the caspieces d. d' of the same, according to the diing by means of screws or any other proper rection 4in which the reel is traveling, thus devices. moving the bar sufficiently to cause its fixed his ahollow shaft turning at each endinbeararm 1.', that at its outer end partially einings of the head-platesgg. This shaft for aporbraces the clutch to move in and between the tion of its length has a narrow longitudinal raised lips m of the saine, against one of which slot, l, from its end m to the point a of the it comes to a bearing, consequently sliding the same, about one-third of its length, and from clutch either to the right or lei't,'a1id disconthat point, passing through the intermediate necting it from one and connecting it with the partition plate or disk, q, fastened to the bars other of the two gears, thereby reversing the 's a loose sleeve-shaft, o, having` a screwrotation ofthe screw-sleeve, and consequently thread for a portion of its length. the direction in which the reel moves, until the Between the head-plate g and the interinenut-arm reaches the shoulder-piece toward the diate plate, q, are two bevel-gear wheels, r r', other end ot the sliding bar, when the clutch the one, r', nearest the head-plate g being sei is again moved and the connection of the curednupon the hollow shaft h, and the other i gear-wheels with it again ehanged,as above described, again reversing the movement of the reel, and so on, as long as may be desired or necessary. Thus a forward movement of the reel is secured, and its length of travel can be regulated to any degree desired by simply arranging the shoulder-pieces of the sliding bar either nearer to or farther from each other, as is evident without further description; but it is only necessary that it should move a distance equal to its length.

On the sliding bar, for operating the clutch as described, is a lixed angular projecting block, a2, that as the bar is moved slides over the inclined sideof a similar shaped end, b2, of an oblongI circular frame, c2, encircling the sleeve 0, and moving', by its arms (Z2, in guides of the fixed bar j" and lixed projecting piece e2 of the intermediate plate, q, the end of the frame bcingheld against the angular block by the tension and elasticity of its spring f2, in order to prevent the bar from moving except when properly actuated by the device described.

g2 is a catch placed in the raised lip h2 of the outer end of the reel A, and interlocking with the longitudinal slot Z of the hollow shaft h, Where it is retained by a spring, 7a2, bearing upon its outer-end and passing entirely around the raised lip h2, so that as the shaft l1. is revolved through its gear r interlocking with the drivin g-gear s, the reel A necessarily revolves in conjunction therewith, the catch, as the reel moves back and forth upon the sleeveshaft 0, as before explained, sliding in and along the slot, whereby the reel is continuously revolved, and in one and the same direction, notwithstanding the lateral play of the same, as is evident.

Extending entirely through and for the whole length of the iishing-pole, in its center, I form a guiding-tube, L2, as partially represented in Fig. l, continuous with and in the same direction with the hollow shaft h, through which tube and shaft the fishing-line (shown in red in the drawings) is passed, and out at the head-plate y of the frame for the reeling devices, through and along a groove, m2, of a circular-shaped end guide, u2, having a sliding cap-plate, 02, to and along' the groove p2 of the fixed bar j" of the frame fora short distance, and then through an aperture, g2, of the same to the shaft r2 of the reel A, upon which it is wound by turning the crank-handle in the proper direction through the devices eonnecting it therewith, as hereinbefore particularly explained and referred to, the ree \being both moved in a lateral direction and at the same time continuously revolved.

From the above description it is evident that a perfect reeling of a shing-line is secured, and with quickness and dispatch, the arrangement of devices fory accomplishing the same being simple and effective in operation, the advantages of which are manifest to all personsl expert in the use of fishing-lines.

By passing the fishing-line entirely through a central tube of the pole, as described, it cannot by any possibility become entangled with the fishing hook or hooks used, the importance of which is manifest to all.

When desired to unreel the line the spool on which it is wound is disconnected from the reeling devices by depressing the projecting end s2 (on the outside of the reel-casing a) of the circular frame t2, embracing the raised lip h2 of the reel sufciently to cause the said frame t2 to abut against the outer end of the catch g2 and throw it out of connection with the slot of the hollow shaft h, whereby, as is plainly apparent, the reel is then left free to revolve by itself', and with no lateral play upon the sleeve 0, as no motion is communicatedto the gears r and i", the catch being' held ont ofthe slot by the end u2 ofthe spring k2, which engages with the notch @2in the same, as shown in Fig. 2.

By relieving the pressure of the hand upon the frame t? and moving it back to its original position, the catch g2 is then thrown into connection with the hollow shaft, when its slot comes opposite to it by the downward pressure of the spring resting upon it, the other end of the spring being previously disengaged from its notch by a stud or pin, c3, of the frame abutting against and moving over the under side of the incline b3, on the outerend of a lixed arm, c3, of the spring, whereby the arm is caused to be sufficiently raised to relieve the spring from the notch in the catch, as desired.

In lien of having the. reel move forward and backward, as described, while it is revolved, it may be stationary, and the longitudinal or guiding bar of the reel-frame, over which the cord passes from the spool similarly operated to carry the thread along and over the length of the reel, so as to evenly wind the cord thereon, it being only necessary to disconnect the nut y from the reel and connect it with the bar, then arranged so as to slide, as is evident without further explanation.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The arrangement of the mechanical devices herein described for winding a line upon a suitable reel or spool, operating together substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. Connecting and disconnecting the reel from its driving-shaft by means of a frame, t2,

so constructed and arranged in combination with the spring 7a2 on the reel as to interlock the catch g2 or withdraw it from the shaft-slot l, substantially as described, and for the purpose speciiied.

3. Passing theline or cord through the center of the fishing-pole to the reel or spool, for the purpose described.

WM. M. STUART. Witnesses:

ALBERT W. BROWN, C. L. TOPLIFF. 

